Rehearsal Techniques

Question 1

Melodrama

Answer 1

Actor considers strongest emotion of character in scene and mimes this exaggerated movement for the chosen emotion

Question 2

How would melodrama help Pete

Answer 2

Train him to be ruthless in his character, harsh characteristic

Question 3

Walking the grid

Answer 3

Actors pretend there is an ‘invisible grid’ on the ground, only walk in straight ones and 90 degree angles

• picture something, a place you want to go or emotion to reach
• walk and build pace until energy is peak and you keep pushing
• helps stimulate body over mind

Question 4

Intimate sensory detail

Answer 4

Forces body to listen to itself and actors around you

• explores touch, taste, smell and sight
• strengthens relationships between characters

Question 5

Plastique

Answer 5

Strengthening exercises to allow you to push your body to its limits
- gets ready for physical actions

Question 6

Sacrificial energy

Answer 6

Games/ play/ exercise can lead to a true state of via negative, able to exist rather than show/ present.
- allow centre and focus

Question 7

Via negative

Answer 7

‘Resisting the temptation to act or show’

• through the use of pastiches where your body is so exhausted it exists in a pure natural and neutral state
• find stillness in a character
• create a contrast